Sparks here jump directly onto the protective camera cage. and the wide angle lens captures most of the 7 foot spark on the right. The left spark jumps to an aluminum tube just a foot or two in front of the camera. It is a 6 second exposure.
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Photo Date: 2009
I have hooked up a long string of fluoro (fluororescent) tubes to my Tesla coil. Can you see 3 of me in the photo?
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This is a snug single person Faraday cage that allows you to get up close and personal with 6 foot sparks. It’s shape is reminiscent of a Dalek from Dr Who. Remember “We will ex-term-in-ate”. It is a simple walk in and walk out affair, open at the back.
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Merry Christmas! This is a single photo from a Nikon D70s digital camera and is a 91 second exposure of a real functioning Tesla coil and is the result of perhaps 50 hours of preparation. It is cropped but otherwise completely untouched. It is not, repeat not, photoshopped. It does however achieve the result using special effects which I will explain.
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